diff --git a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/nattype.pyx b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/nattype.pyx
index c1f2341328570..4544cf56a11ec 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/nattype.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/nattype.pyx
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@ default 'raise'
 
         See Also
         --------
-        Timestamp.asm8 : Return numpy datetime64 format in nanoseconds.
+        Timestamp.asm8 : Return numpy datetime64 format with same precision.
         Timestamp.to_pydatetime : Convert Timestamp object to a native
             Python datetime object.
         to_timedelta : Convert argument into timedelta object,
diff --git a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/timestamps.pyx b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/timestamps.pyx
index c4bd9e1b47bbe..cd749effd1a5f 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/timestamps.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/timestamps.pyx
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ cdef class _Timestamp(ABCTimestamp):
 
         See Also
         --------
-        Timestamp.asm8 : Return numpy datetime64 format in nanoseconds.
+        Timestamp.asm8 : Return numpy datetime64 format with same precision.
         Timestamp.to_pydatetime : Convert Timestamp object to a native
             Python datetime object.
         to_timedelta : Convert argument into timedelta object,
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ cdef class _Timestamp(ABCTimestamp):
     @property
     def asm8(self) -> np.datetime64:
         """
-        Return numpy datetime64 format in nanoseconds.
+        Return numpy datetime64 format with same precision.
 
         See Also
         --------